France has donated 120 ventilators and 50,000 COVID-19 testing kits to India to combat the spread of the virus as the total count of positive cases in the country has inched closer to 1.5 million-mark.French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain on Tuesday handed over medical supplies to RK Jain, Secretary-General of Indian Red Cross Society.The French Air Force delivered the medical equipment on Tuesday.
The French embassy, in a statement, said: "France and India are working together closely on the international response to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as providing reciprocal assistance according to the needs of the two countries".French President Emmanuel Macron recently announced the donation of medical equipment from France to India as well as.